How to get HttpClient to pass credentials along with the request?

Question

I have a web application (hosted in IIS) that talks to a Windows service. The Windows service is using the ASP.Net MVC Web API (self-hosted), and so can be communicated with

Answer 1

In .NET Core, I managed to get a System.Net.Http.HttpClient with UseDefaultCredentials = true to pass through the authenticated user's Windows credentials to a back end service by using WindowsIdentity.RunImpersonated.

HttpClient client = new HttpClient(new HttpClientHandler { UseDefaultCredentials = true } );
HttpResponseMessage response = null;

if (identity is WindowsIdentity windowsIdentity)
{
    await WindowsIdentity.RunImpersonated(windowsIdentity.AccessToken, async () =>
    {
        var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, url)
        response = await client.SendAsync(request);
    });
}